Chapter Fifty-One
Isabel
The baby kicked me and a large pain ran through my body.
"Are you ok?" Cole asked me.
"No," I said gasping for air. Cole helped me sit up more; he also started rubbing my back. Eventually the pain stopped, and I could breathe again.
"Are you good?" I nodded to him. He put his head on his pillow and sighed. I felt bad for him, I have been so demanding, and he hasn't had a break.
"Cole?" He tilted his head towards me and opened his eyes.
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry for being so annoying, and demanding." Cole slid his hand on side of my face under my ear, and smiled.
"I understand, it ok, and I'm just a little tired, sorry." I smiled back and Cole got comfy again and closed his eyes.
After an hour went by I still couldn't sleep. I looked at Cole and watched him sleep. He inhaled and exhaled so cute.
"Goodnight Cole," I whispered. I tried to get comfortable but there was no use. I closed and tried to sleep, but I only got a few hours and then I got cramps.
Paul
It felt good that Sam and Grace went out somewhere together, and alone. I wish Lori and I could do the same, but we had nowhere to go and I didn't know how to do what Sam does so easily.
"Paul," Lori whispered as I read one of Sam's Rilke books. I looked at the page number, put my finger in the opening and closed the book.
"Yes?" I whispered back.
"Can we have a baby?"
"What?"
"Not right now, I know it's not good timing, because of Isabel, and Grace and Sam trying again soon so…" Lori trailed off knowing that she was probably annoying me.
"So? Are you going to continue?" I asked.
"I don't know how to say this." She sat up more and sighed. "I have been wanting this my whole life; you don't know who much I have longed for at least one." I took her hand from under the covers and kissed it.
"I'm sorry; I promise we will try, ok?" Lori smiled a plastic smile and nodded.
"Ok," She whispered. I saw tears run down her cheeks. I felt bad but there was more to the story than it wasn't good timing.